Does machine learning automate moral hazard and error?

American Economic Review

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 476-480

  Mullainathan, Sendhil ^a   Obermeyer, Ziad ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 85019583517     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20171084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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